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Race and the construction of the dispensable other / Bernard M. Magubane.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Pretoria : Unisa, 2007Description: x, 268 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781868883264
  • 1868883264
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.56 22
Contents:
Some methodological and theoretical issues -- The foundations of racism -- Europe and its Others -- 'From Orang-Outangs to pumpkin eaters': The case of Edward Long's History of Jamaica -- Race, the Second British Empire and the role of the evangelicals -- Robert Knox: The races of men -- race as destiny : the politics of Dr James Hunt and the Anthropological Society of London 1863 to 1870 -- Eugenics and the doctrine of class and racial supremacy : the case of Francis Galton and Karl Pearson -- Race as an Imperial weapon: convicts and the extinction of Tasmanians -- The political economy of scientific racism in South Africa -- The discovery of diamonds and its aftermath -- Race and the construction of the dispensable Other: the 'Everlasting Nay' to the prospect of change.
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Course book Högskolan Väst Entréplan / Entrance floor 320.56 Magubane Available 6004300067110
Course book reference Högskolan Väst Entréplan / Entrance floor 320.56 Magubane Läses i biblioteket 6004300067111
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index.

Some methodological and theoretical issues -- The foundations of racism -- Europe and its Others -- 'From Orang-Outangs to pumpkin eaters': The case of Edward Long's History of Jamaica -- Race, the Second British Empire and the role of the evangelicals -- Robert Knox: The races of men -- race as destiny : the politics of Dr James Hunt and the Anthropological Society of London 1863 to 1870 -- Eugenics and the doctrine of class and racial supremacy : the case of Francis Galton and Karl Pearson -- Race as an Imperial weapon: convicts and the extinction of Tasmanians -- The political economy of scientific racism in South Africa -- The discovery of diamonds and its aftermath -- Race and the construction of the dispensable Other: the 'Everlasting Nay' to the prospect of change.

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